Metallic tie and rail-fastener.



F. DUBIEL, A. J URK|EWICZ & J. SITKO.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3| 1917.

Patented 'Apr. 17, 1917.

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FRANCISSEK DUBIEL, ADAM JURKIEWICZ, AND JAN SI'IKO, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 17, 191?.

Application filed January 3, 1817. Serial No. 140,443.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANOISSEK DUBIEL, Amer Jmnnnwicz, and JAN Srrno, subjects of the Emperor of Austria, residing at Fort lVayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Metallic Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in metallic ties and rail fasteners.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a metallic tie construction adapted for securing railway rails operativel y positioned thereon at desirable angles, the structure consisting of few parts, easy and inexpensive to manufacture but at the same time possessing great strength and serviceability.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a one-piece metallic tie having an engaging means for railway rails for preventing the rails from creeping, the structure being such as to accommodate rails mounted thereon in parallelism at different angles with respect thereto. 7

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and then claimed.

In the drawing forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device illustrating the track rails operatively positioned thereon and shown in vertical transverse section.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof with one of the rails removed and the other broken away.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the tie showing a portion of the adjacent rail in side elevation.

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of an end portion of the tie showing a rail secured thereon in an angular position, the rail being broken away longitudinally of the web thereof, and,

Figs. 5 and 6 are enlarged detail sectional views taken respectively, upon lines VV and VI -lq of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, it will be noted that the invention mainly resides in a me tallic tie 10 of inverted U-shaped formation in cross-section having receiving seats 11 upon its upper side spaced apart a distance equal to the gage of the track and adapted for the reception of railway rails 12 mounted thereon transversely of the tie.

The seats 11 are depressed beneath the central portion 13 of the tie, said central portion having toothed curved end faces 14: at the inner extremities of the seats 11.

Diagonally opposite corner portions 15 of the tie are cut-away forming blocks 16 opposite the said cut-away portions and located at the other diagonally opposite coracre of the tie, .aid block 16 having sharpened overlying inner edges 17 opposite the serrated faces 14.

Bolt-receiving perforations 18 are arranged in pairs through the central tie portion 13 adjacent the said end faces 1 1 thereof having outwardly positioned seats 19 for receiving attaching bolts in adjusted positions. When a rail 12 is operatively positioned upon the seat 11, one of the base flanges 20 thereof engages the adjacent serrated face 1 1 while the outer flange of the rail seats beneath the block edge 17 within the V-shaped recess 21 therebeneath and in engagement with the curved toothed surface 22 at the outer end of such recess, as best illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawing. Openings 28 are arranged through the tie at each of the cut-away portions 15 thereof having receiving notches 24 for the tie bolts when adjustably arranged in their operative positions.

It-will be noted that the rails 12 while positioned at all times in parallelism in their track forming arrangement and adapted to be secured upon the tie 10- extend across the same either at right angles or obliquely thereto if desired. Securing bolts 25 are arranged through the perforations 18 in the desired portions 19 thereof and have securing plates 26 mounted thereon for overlying the adjacent inner base flanges of the rails 12 while similar bolts 27 are provided through the openings 23 and within the desired notches 2% thereof having similar plates 28 mounted thereon for overlying the outer base flanges of the rails. Positioning springs 29 for the plates 28 encircle the bolts 27 beneath the plates 28 allowing the nuts 30 upon the said bolts to be forced against the plates 28, looking the same'upon the adjacent rail flange and aflording a cushioned retaining means for the rail.

It will be understood that the bolts 25 may be positioned within the outer sockets of the perforations 18 when the rails 12 are perpendicularly arranged with respect to the.

tie while at such times the bolts 27 will be arranged within the central ones of said notches 24 of the openings The bolts 25 and 27 may be adjusted in suitable ones of said seating portions of the perforations 1S and openings 23 for accommodating the plates 26 and 28 in their retaining positions upon the rail flanges 20 when the rails are arranged at different angles with respect to the tie, such for instance, as the position herein illustrated in F 4. The channel form of tie 10 having its opposite longitudinal sides 31 oppositely inclined forms a tie )ossessin reat stren th and the same bein C: 1'!) 2") "5 of one-piece construction may be cheaply manufactured while with the employment of the rail-receiving seats 11 having engaging sides as herein shown, any desirable form of hold-fast devices such as the present bolts and plates may be employed.

What we claim as new is 1. A railway tie of channel formation having transverse seating depressions formed therein and cut-away diagonally-opposite corner portions forming corner blocks adjacent the said seats with inner edges overlying the latter, the tie having curved serrated portions at the inner and outer sides of the said seats and being further provided with hold-fast receiving openings.

2. A metallic railway tie substantially U- shaped in cross-section having transverse rail receiving seats, the central portion of the upper face of the said tie having curved serrated end faces at the inner sides of said seats, blocks arranged at the diagonally opposite corners of the tie having sharpened inner edges overlying the said seats forming flange-receiving recesses therebeneath, the portions of said blocks at the inner ends of said recesses being serrated in arcuate arrangement.

3. A metallic railway tie substantially U- shaped in cross-section having transverse rail receiving seats, the central portion of the upper face of the said tie having curved serrated end faces at the inner sides of said seats, blocks arranged at the diagonally opposite corners of the tie having sharpened inner edges overlying the said seats forming flange-receiving recesses therebeneath, the portions of said blocks at the inner ends of said recesses being serrated in arcuate arrangement, the said tic having hold-fast receiving openings therethrough at opposite sides of the said seats furnished with a plurality of adjusting notches, bolts adjustably arranged through said openings, and flange engaging plates upon the said bolts.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures. v

' FRANGISSEK DUBIEL. ADAM JURKIEVVICZ. JAN SITKO.

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